We help youachievetrue and improvedsustainabilityresults
The Problemfor companies
Lots of activity
From cocoa to mining, cotton to banking, shipping to computing: across all industries companies are investing in the sustainability of their supply chains for the planet, for people and for communities.
But does it work?
Many companies struggle to demonstrate the impact of their sustainability investments. This starts with credible data. You have spent the money, but did your sustainability initiative reach its goals? Are people better off? Is production more environmentally sustainable? To what extent have working conditions improved? Too often there are no answers.
Solution
We work with people in local communities: the cocoa farmers you try to lift out of poverty; the residents of the rural mining village where you are constructing a road.
Our technology empowers them to collect data and to take ownership of solutions to improve their lives. The people at the base of your supply chain deliver the data you need because it works for them.
It’s good for them and it’s good for you.
The Problemfor investors
Poor reporting
More and more companies report sustainability numbers but are they making a difference? They may have spent x amount of money or trained people for y hours, but what impact did that have? What is really behind the numbers?
Difficult to compare
It’s hard to compare different companies, especially when absolute numbers will obviously be higher for larger companies than smaller ones. This leaves investors in the dark when trying to compare apples to apples.
Solution
Our solution: verifiable, comparable and industry-specific outcome data, in real-time.
We provide dashboards that allow investors to compare apples to apples on Environmental, Social and Governance outcomes, such as:
- Greenhouse gas emissions per tonne of product
- Resolution rate of conflicts with the local community
- Dozens more, tailored by sector
Graphs for illustrative purposes only. Based on real but incomplete data.
Scorecards
We have analysed sustainability and annual reports in key industries. We have found that they do not report enough on the outcomes of sustainability efforts. Our aim is to help companies be strategic and impactful in their reporting on sustainability.
You can download our free reports:
- Agribusiness: The State of Agribusiness Sustainability 2019
- Cocoa, Coffee, Tea: The State of Cocoa, Coffee, Tea Sustainability 2019
- Mining: The State of Mining Sustainability 2019
Press
Quote from our CEO Fredrik Galtung in The Guardian’s long read "Is fair trade finished?"
“If Fairtrade producers could show that their farmers were 10 or 20 years younger on average ... that would be a massive advantage. But we’re unable to see all this.”
In a podcast with Break the Chain, Fredrik spoke about inputs and outputs versus outcomes and impact.
Fredrik was interviewed by The New Ism, talking about how bottom-up measurement and empowerment is key in sustainability.
Quote from Mining Weekly on TrueFootprint’s mining industry Scorecard:
“governments, investors and customers have no way at present of assessing the effectiveness of key business sustainability investments, which means that some companies are not getting credit for the work they are doing and the social and economic value they create.”
COVID-19
- We used our FieldApp to help with Covid-19
- Launched in July 2020
- 90 local partners in 54 countries
- Live in 25 countries
- 29 countries in process of setting up pilots
- Results: All pilots showing safety issues:
-73% of users reported test kits not present at least once
-Over 250 reports of infected patients not being separated - 9 Ministries of Health have signed MOUs in support of national scale-up plans
Team
Fredrik Galtung
Chief Executive
- Founded Integrity Action
- Worked with Google, Siemens, World Bank,
Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB, Malaria - First employee and Head of Research
at Transparency International - Ashoka Fellow
Christian Benigni
Chief of Financial Products
- Co-founder GFP Juniper
- Co-founder First Avenue Partners
- Created the largest hedge fund franchise at
the time in German-speaking Europe - Expert in creation, structuring and placement of financial products
Edwin Bos
Chief Product Officer
- Chief Innovation Officer at Reevoo
- PhD in human-computer interaction, postdoc
Stanford - Worked at Apple and Yahoo, Reevoo
- Wikipedia contributor
Chanda Pwapwa
Lead Engineer
- Full stack developer
- Avid reader
- Has worked on distributed teams located in
Cape Town, Singapore and London.
Carly Dryhurst-Smith
Designer
- Designed for Reevoo, Topshop and NHS
- Founder agency With Bells On!
- Lead UX designer at VC Forward Partners
Audrey de Garidel
Non-Executive Director
- Facilitator of positive impact projects
- Co-founder, So Impact
- Worked at Agence Française de Développement, FMO, InfraVia Capital Partners, Latham & Watkins
Samuel Niyomuremyi
Country Partner
- Country Partner Rwanda
- Maternal health program coordinator
at Rwanda Village community
promoters(RVCP) organization. - Founder of stop covid19 campaign(SCC)
project.
Heri Bitamala
Country Partner
- Country partner DR Congo
- Founder CEO of CERC
- Community monitoring expert
Pierre Camara
Country Partner
- Country partner Guinea
- Field monitor at World Food Programme
- Président Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous
Dr Floribert Kazingufu
Country Partner
- Country Partner Burundi
- Founder of "Réseau des Églises Misssionnaires du Christ"
- Expert in community and people upliftment
- Founder of Peace University, Fondation Chirezi
Isaac Abamwizeye
Country Partner
- Country Partner Rwanda
- CEO and Founder of Confidence of
Success Academy - Rwanda Volunteer in community to avoid
human security issues and Covid-19
John Wabwire Shikuku
Country Partner
- Country Partner Kenya
- Community health worker specialising in community health management of
HIV/ TB, pregnant mothers and under 5 children - Co-founder, Kenya Adolescent Youth Reproductive Health and HIV Network
Judith Mutange
Country Partner
- Country Partner Kenya
- Founding Director,
Great Mercy Development Centre - Mentors to vulnerable children and women
- Founded a school for accelerated learning
from primary to high school
Mike Tyson Oyola
Country Partner
- Country Partner Kenya
- Programme Manager, Positive Engagement for All Programme
- Data collection using survey CTO, ODK and KOBO
- Psychotherapy counselling to persons affected by Covid-19
Rachel Uwizerwa
Country Partner
- Country Partner Rwanda
- Founder and CEO of Ngoboka Project
to help vulnerable single mothers and
pregnant women who
are affected by Covid-19
Richard Arinitwe
Country Partner
- Country Partner Rwanda
- Founder and CEO at Mubuzima, a platform to raise health
calamities awareness in local language - Intern medical doctor at Kabgayi District Hospital
Dr Tarak Bahadur
Country Partner
- Country Partner Nepal
- Visiting faculty, Kathmandu University
- Former Deputy Executive Director,
Nepal Administrative Staff College
Victor Alex
Country Partner
- Country Partner South Sudan
- Co-founder, African Youth Action Network (AYAN)
- Monitoring and evaluation specialist
Jose Alves da Costa
Country Partner
- Country Partner Timor Leste
- Co-founder and Executive Director,
Luta Hamutuk - Member of the Consultative Council
of the Ombusman
Contact
Inquiries
For any inquiries, questions or commendations, please email us at info@truefootprint.com.
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